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Scientific American, Vol. 64, No. 8 (February 1891) (1891)

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MALHIOT LEJETJNES PBESSUBE BEGULATOB CANE A FBOFOSED AFFABATTJS FOB A FALL OF 1,000FEET. Here is an idea on the subject of which it is, perhaps,not without interest to learn the opinion of the public,and which we recommend to American engineers at atime when work on the Chicago exhibition is about… … pie: The passengers enter the cage, which is afterwardallowed to drop freely from the top of the tower. Atthe end of 100 meters fall the velocity acquired is 45meters per second, at the end of 200 meters it is 65 me-ters, and at the end of 300 meters it is 77 meters. Nowthe fastest trains make…

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